• gibmiser@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I imagine it is a one bad apple ruins the bunch scenario. So long as everyone it’s working then it’s good, but as soon as you eventually get a bad employee trying too get away with doing nothing it will kill morale if not addressed immediately

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      I’d also expect that one way to buy time is to acknowledge achievements. People like being acknowledged and it won’t stop demoralization from the lazy but it will make it so people understand that you at least see the difference between the two types. Industrial society alienates us from our labor. Few jobs allow us to bask in the pride in what we’ve done at the end of it, so it’s important to acknowledge that it is being done